Advances in Parasitology
Academic Press
Published on 18. December 1979
414 pages
978-0-08-058063-0 (ISBN)
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Advances in Parasitology
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William Hepburn Russell Lumsden
Advances in Parasitology: v. 17
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03/1980
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Parasitology, Volume 17
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 17
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Giardia and Giardiasis
- I. Introduction
- II. Nomenclature
- III. Studies of Giaradia morphology, Structure and Function
- IV. Maintenance and Cultivation of Giardia Trophozoites in Vitro
- V. Experimental Giardia Infections
- VI. Pathogenesis
- VII. The Effect of Giardia Infection on the Human Host
- VIII. Immunology
- IX. Diagnosis
- X.. Treatment
- XI. Epidemiology
- XII. Asymptomatic and symptomatic Giardia Infections in Humans: An Hypothesis
- References
- Chapter 2. Babesiosis: Non-specific Resistance, Immunological Factors and Pathogenesis
- I. Introduction
- II. Non-specific and Immunological Factors
- III. Pathogenesis of Babesia Infections
- References
- Chapter 3. The Epidemiology of Babesial Infections
- I. Introduction: Properties of Babesial Infections
- II. Host Specificity and Reservoir Hosts
- III. The Tick Vector
- IV. General Epidemiological Model
- V. Bovine Babesiasis in Cattle in Australia .
- VI. Babesia divergens in Cattle in Britain
- References
- Chapter 4. Seasonal Occurrence of Helminths in Freshwater Fishes Part II Trematoda
- I. Introduction
- II. Classification of Trematodes
- III. Seasonal Studies of Metacercariae
- IV. Seasonal Studies of Metacercariae in World Climatic Zones
- V. General Conclusions, Metacercariae
- VI. Seasonal Studies of AdultTrematodes
- VII. Seasonal Studies of Adult Trematodes in World Climatic Zones
- VIII. General Conclusions, Adult Trematodes
- References
- Chapter 5. Hookworm Infection In Man
- I. Introduction
- II. General Life Cycles
- III. Distribution, Prevalence and Significance
- IV. Life Cycles and Infectivity
- V. Morbidity
- VI. Mortality
- VII. Pathophysiology
- VIII. Pathology
- IX. Immunology
- X. Cutaneous and Visceral Larva Migrans
- References
- Subject Index
- Cumulative Index of Titles
- Cumulative Index of Authors
